In her debut blog (and the Mental Elf's first body-focused repetitive behaviours blog), Mallory Moore summarises a systematic review investigating whether internalised stigma can predict depression.

National Elf Service Mental Health

20.03.2025

Time to ACT for insomnia? New trial finds possible alternative to CBTi

Nicholas Donnelly considers a randomised controlled trial of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia.

National Elf Service Mental Health

19.03.2025

Quetiapine may pip lithium to the post for augmentation in 'treatment resistant depression': results from the LQD study - National Elf Service

Kirsten Lawson and Douglas Badenoch review the new randomised controlled trial by Cleare et al, published today in The Lancet Psychiatry, directly comparing the clinical and cost effectiveness of lithium and quetiapine as augmentation treatments for patients with 'treatment resistant depression'.

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18.03.2025

Is Dementia on the downturn? A review of global studies

Clarissa Giebel reviews a recent paper investigating the global fall of incidence and prevalence of dementia, and targetable modifiable risk factors.

National Elf Service Mental Health

17.03.2025

Circadian rhythms and suicide thoughts and behaviours

Nick Donnelly blogs a systematic review finding that there is a small association between identifying as a night owl and experiences of suicide.

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14.03.2025

Rethinking How We Evaluate Social Determinants of Mental Health

Tessa Roberts and Laura Hemming critique a large umbrella review which explores the effectiveness of interventions on social determinants of mental health.

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13.03.2025

Nature's healing benefits and access for UK-based South Asian people

Jingni Ma considers a systematic review on the access to natural green spaces and the associations with psychological wellbeing for South Asians in the UK.

National Elf Service Mental Health

12.03.2025

Traumatic brain injury has long-lasting mental health effects

Lorna Collins considers an umbrella review of health outcomes following traumatic brain injury published in Nature Mental Health.

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11.03.2025

Continuing antipsychotic medication during pregnancy associated with reduced risk of schizophrenia relapse - National Elf Service

Analyses of a national database adds to the case that antipsychotic continuation during pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk of postpartum relapse.

National Elf Service Mental Health

10.03.2025

‘Working on the edge’: therapeutic alliance in suicide prevention

therapeutic alliance suicide prevention - client and therapist perspectives on the therapeutic alliance in the context of psychotherapy.

National Elf Service Mental Health

07.03.2025

Personal trauma linked with secondary trauma mental health professionals

secondary traumatic stress - Linda Gask finds that personal trauma is linked to onset of secondary trauma in mental health professionals.

National Elf Service Mental Health

06.03.2025

Hormonal coil dosage and depression risk

Dr Rachel Reid-McCann discusses the latest research on dosage of levonorgestrel-releasing IUS and depression risk.

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05.03.2025

Childhood adversity and adult depression: Psychoanalysis vs CBT

Ella Tuominen considers a study on childhood trauma and response to long-term psychoanalytic vs CBT therapy for chronic depression in adults.

National Elf Service Mental Health

04.03.2025

Treatment of harmful gambling in the UK: new review highlights worrying lack of evidence

Clare Gerada and Ruby Wiltshire summarise a new scoping review of UK-based research on treatment of harmful gambling.

National Elf Service Mental Health

04.03.2025

Home-based brain stimulation (tDCS) for depression: ready for widespread use?

Julian Mutz discusses the results of a new 10-week RCT assessing home-based brain stimulation for depression.

National Elf Service Mental Health

27.02.2025

"Dem sey mi mad": Afro Caribbean Experiences of Psychosis - National Elf Service

Hári Sewell writes about exploring Afro Carribean men's experiences of psychosis and mental health services in North America and the United Kingdom.

National Elf Service Mental Health

26.02.2025

The genetic relationship between ADHD and depression

In his first Mental Elf blog, Tim van der Es discusses a Biological Psychiatry paper on the genetic relationship between ADHD & depression.

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25.02.2025

Guidelines for involving young people with lived experience in suicide research - National Elf Service

Dhea Bendargi summarises a Delphi study that involved lived experience and researcher stakeholders in developing a comprehensive set of guidelines for involving youth with lived and living experience of suicide in suicide research.

National Elf Service Mental Health

19.02.2025

Patterns of inflammation in childhood and mental and cardiometabolic disorders in adulthood: mapping the trajectories

Ruby Tsang summarises a recent longitudinal study of trajectories of inflammation in youth and risk of mental and cardiometabolic disorders in adulthood

National Elf Service Mental Health

19.02.2025

Uncharted territory: cumulative trauma and bipolar disorder

Cumulative trauma bipolar disorder - Magda Skowronska on a systematic review finding that cumulative trauma could lead to earlier onset of bipolar disorder.

National Elf Service Mental Health

17.02.2025

Workplace interventions can improve healthcare workers' mental health and reduce burnout

Olga Lainidi observes that workplace interventions including job and task modifications, help manage burnout and mental health for healthcare workers.

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16.02.2025

The diagnostic journey of autistic people: identity, relationships, adaptation and assimilation

Jack Wainwright summarises a qualitative review which finds that receiving a diagnosis of autism in adulthood was largely perceived as beneficial.

National Elf Service Mental Health

16.02.2025

How changing alcohol consumption may affect risk of dementia

Marissa Kube-Clare summarises a retrospective cohort study exploring the relationship between alcohol consumption and risk of dementia.

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16.02.2025

New research on metabolomic pathways supports the case to routinely screen for antenatal depression - National Elf Service

Nora Rosenberg summarises the largest and most comprehensive study to date on metabolomic pathways to antenatal depression, birth outcomes and offspring development.

National Elf Service Mental Health

16.02.2025

Adolescents are more sensitive to social media feedback

Nora Skjerdingstad presents a three-part study assessing the sensitivity of adolescents to social media feedback.

National Elf Service Mental Health

30.01.2025

Not all people who make a suicide attempt have a psychiatric diagnosis

Emma Wallace explores a cross-sectional study finding that suicide attempts can happen outside of those with a psychiatric diagnosis.

National Elf Service Mental Health

29.01.2025

How physical exercise can support trauma treatment

Ana Veic considers a qualitative study on clinician's perspectives exploring the benefits of physical exercise in treatment for trauma and complex trauma.

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28.01.2025

Updated review of experiences of compulsory treatment builds the case for legal reform to be grounded in lived experiences - National Elf Service

Updated systematic review of experiences of compulsory treatment builds the case for legal reform to be grounded in lived experiences.

National Elf Service Mental Health

24.01.2025

School connectedness may protect against suicidal ideation in adolescents

Monika Raniti and Jennifer Dam summarise the results of a systematic review finding that school connectedness can prevent suicide ideation in adolescents.

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23.01.2025

Naturalistic use of psychedelics in the general population: what are the mental health risks?

Lorna Staines discusses a longitudinal population-based study examining the risks of using psychedelics in a naturalistic setting.

National Elf Service Mental Health

22.01.2025

Crisis cafés: so much more than a cuppa - National Elf Service

Crisis Cafés are a novel form of community-based crisis alternative and this interview study provides the first evidence on their UK implementation.

National Elf Service Mental Health

22.01.2025

Lived experience involvement in co-developing outcome measures.

Laura Hemming blogs a systematic review which explores the involvement people with lived experience in the co-development of mental health outcome measures.

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Which exercise interventions treat depression most effectively? A systematic review and network meta-analysis - National Elf Service

Targeting rumination and worry may help with youth anxiety, depression and repetitive negative thinking - National Elf Service

Cannabis legalisation: what can we learn about psychosis risk from the great Canadian (quasi) experiment? - National Elf Service

Is behavioural activation cost-effective for depression in older adults? - National Elf Service

Sleep quality in eating disorders: new review

Brief admission during crisis for people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder - National Elf Service

Diagnostic overshadowing in PTSD and autism: trauma in ASD

Can green space help protect us from self-harm and suicide?

The inescapable role of stigma in driving depression and distress - National Elf Service

Time to ACT for insomnia? New trial finds possible alternative to CBTi

Quetiapine may pip lithium to the post for augmentation in 'treatment resistant depression': results from the LQD study - National Elf Service

Is Dementia on the downturn? A review of global studies

Circadian rhythms and suicide thoughts and behaviours

Rethinking How We Evaluate Social Determinants of Mental Health

Nature's healing benefits and access for UK-based South Asian people

Traumatic brain injury has long-lasting mental health effects

Continuing antipsychotic medication during pregnancy associated with reduced risk of schizophrenia relapse - National Elf Service

‘Working on the edge’: therapeutic alliance in suicide prevention

Personal trauma linked with secondary trauma mental health professionals

Hormonal coil dosage and depression risk

Childhood adversity and adult depression: Psychoanalysis vs CBT

Treatment of harmful gambling in the UK: new review highlights worrying lack of evidence

Home-based brain stimulation (tDCS) for depression: ready for widespread use?

"Dem sey mi mad": Afro Caribbean Experiences of Psychosis - National Elf Service

The genetic relationship between ADHD and depression

Guidelines for involving young people with lived experience in suicide research - National Elf Service

Patterns of inflammation in childhood and mental and cardiometabolic disorders in adulthood: mapping the trajectories

Uncharted territory: cumulative trauma and bipolar disorder

Workplace interventions can improve healthcare workers' mental health and reduce burnout

The diagnostic journey of autistic people: identity, relationships, adaptation and assimilation

How changing alcohol consumption may affect risk of dementia

New research on metabolomic pathways supports the case to routinely screen for antenatal depression - National Elf Service

Adolescents are more sensitive to social media feedback

Not all people who make a suicide attempt have a psychiatric diagnosis

How physical exercise can support trauma treatment

Updated review of experiences of compulsory treatment builds the case for legal reform to be grounded in lived experiences - National Elf Service

School connectedness may protect against suicidal ideation in adolescents

Naturalistic use of psychedelics in the general population: what are the mental health risks?

Crisis cafés: so much more than a cuppa - National Elf Service

Lived experience involvement in co-developing outcome measures.

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